Interactive site provides users with a drag and drop exercise in which they move the part names to the correct locations on the microscope. After all the part names are placed in their correct locations, users can click on a part name for a description of that part.
This site is a step by step instructions on how to use a microscope. Begins with the proper way to get the microscope and ends with putting the microscope. The correct way to look at slides and care for you microscope are also discussed. Questions on how to use a microscope and links to other microscope sites are included.
This website lets you simulate looking at a limited number of objects under a microscope. See what e. coli, salt, an ant, amoxicillin, a tick, cefaclor, and an earwig look like when magnified.
Activities
Grade Level: 5th Topic: MicroWorlds
Interactive Games/Activity
http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/facilities/multimedia/uploads/alberta/microscope.html
Interactive site provides users with a drag and drop exercise in which they move the part names to the correct locations on the microscope. After all the part names are placed in their correct locations, users can click on a part name for a description of that part.
Books
Webquests
Resources for Teachers
http://www.saburchill.com/lab/observations/observe04.html
This site is a step by step instructions on how to use a microscope. Begins with the proper way to get the microscope and ends with putting the microscope. The correct way to look at slides and care for you microscope are also discussed. Questions on how to use a microscope and links to other microscope sites are included.
Fun sites for kids
http://www.pfizerfunzone.com/funzone/discovery/microscope/index.html
This website lets you simulate looking at a limited number of objects under a microscope. See what e. coli, salt, an ant, amoxicillin, a tick, cefaclor, and an earwig look like when magnified.
Web cams
Virtual field trips
Video Sources